Tapoleng Junior Secondary School

CombinedPublic EMIS: 200600817

Wittenberg, JOE GQABI, Eastern Cape

801

Learners

40:1

L:E Ratio

Quintile

Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025

About This School

Tapoleng Junior Secondary School is a public combined school in Wittenberg, within the JOE GQABI education district of the Eastern Cape. It is a medium-sized school with 801 enrolled learners.

What You Should Know

No tuition fees

As a Quintile 3 no-fee school, families do not pay school fees. The school receives higher per-learner funding from government.

Combined school

Classified as a combined school in EMIS, covering both primary and secondary phases.

Learner-Educator Ratio Context

Learner-educator ratio relative to schools in the same quintile and phase. This includes all staff classified as educators (teachers, HODs, principals) — actual class sizes may differ.

Lower L:E ratio than 17%

(Q3 Combined schools in Eastern Cape)

Matric Results

Matric results are not yet available for this school. This may be because the school writes IEB or Cambridge exams (not included in DBE reporting), is newly registered, or had no matric candidates in recent years.

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Nearby Schools

Other schools within a few kilometres. Proximity does not imply similarity — these schools may serve different phases, quintiles, or communities.

Tienbank Junior Secondary School

CombinedPublicQ3

1 005 learners 24 educators 42:1

Lower L:E ratio than 12%

Sterkspruit · 0.5km away

Sterkspruit Christian Private School

CombinedIndependent

627 learners 31 educators 20:1

Lower L:E ratio than 27%

Sterkspruit · 1.1km away

Sterkspruit Community School

CombinedPublicQ3

1 497 learners 32 educators 47:1

Lower L:E ratio than 4%

Sterkspruit · 1.2km away

Lamplight Children Ministries Primary School

PrimaryIndependent

119 learners 7 educators 17:1

Lower L:E ratio than 50%

Sterkspruit · 1.3km away

Sterkspruit Junior Secondary School

CombinedPublicQ3

1 666 learners 39 educators 43:1

Lower L:E ratio than 11%

Extension 1 · 1.5km away

Schools Like This

Combined schools in Wittenberg with similar characteristics.

Bamboespruit Junior Secondary School

CombinedPublicQ3

477 learners 13 educators 37:1

Lower L:E ratio than 29%

Wittenberg

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Tapoleng Village,Sterkspruit,Sterkspruit,9762

Directions

Distance to Major Centres

Straight-line distance (actual driving may differ)

Queenstown158.2 km

Mthatha178.8 km

Cradock246.1 km

King William's Town260.6 km

East London280.3 km

Makhanda317.5 km

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School data: DBE EMIS Q3 2025. Matric results: NSC School Performance Report 2025. Infrastructure: NEIMS/EFMS 2021 (historical). Class size comparisons are based on schools within the same quintile, phase, and province. Learn about our methodology

Some data fields may not be available for all schools. Missing data is shown as '—' or 'Not available'. Source: DBE EMIS Q3 2025.